All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2016 – Page 5
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News
Business as usual after EU vote
As the dust settles after the EU Referendum, forecourt retailers have been taking stock and most seem to be taking a ’business as usual’ approach. Jonathan Tout, managing director of award-winning Tout’s Budgens, said his company had ambitious growth plans and Brexit would not alter those. "In the short-term I ...
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Skinny new additions
Juiceburst has recently been relaunched with new branding and an average 20% reduction in added sugar across the range. The relaunch of Juiceburst Skinny included the addition of two new flavours: Pink Lemonade and Pomegranate & Blueberry. Meanwhile, Juiceburst’s schools’ compliant 330ml No Added Sugar range is proving to be ...
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Analysis
James Lowman: ACS chief executive
Over recent years, the forecourt and convenience sectors have been merging closer together, with more stores now considering themselves to be ’convenience plus fuel’ rather than primarily traditional fuel retailers. This has led to the emergence of hundreds of fantastic new store formats that often lead the rest of the ...
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Service Centre: Jac Roper writes about an unwanted switch of power plus PayPoint delivers good news about
An unexpected and unwanted power struggle How’s this for bare-faced cheek? Yogesh Chag, who runs Craven Park Service Station in Harlesden, north-west London, had his energy supply transferred from Extra Energy to npower without his knowledge. "Has anybody else had this problem?" he asks. I said I would ask in ...
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NewsShop Doctor: In the surgery this month - Gloucestershire Gateway, Gloucester Services, M5 Northbound
LOCATION: Northbound on the M5 and wanting refreshment and to refuel, I just had to head for Gloucester Services (located between junctions 12 and 11a), the 2015 Forecourt Trader of the Year winner. I had heard so many good things about it I was determined to see it for myself. ...
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150 sites with Oracle
P&C Ltd has just passed the 150 mark of sites with support using Oracle software. The milestone follows the company becoming an Oracle Gold Partner earlier this year, enabling P&C to supply products and services to the large estate of Oracle users in the petrol and convenience market.Richard Quarmby, managing ...
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Formula 1’s new partner
Heineken has become a Global Partner of Formula 1 (F1). The partnership starts at the newly renamed Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken D’Italia 2016 and, from the 2017 season onwards, Heineken will be the F1 event title partner for three Grands Prix. It will be the exclusive Global Beer Partner ...
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Two for £1 at Nestlé
Nestlé Confectionery hopes to drive sales and profits for convenience retailers with the launch of a major new ’2 for £1’ initiative across 10 of its best-selling packs. These are KitKat four-finger milk; KitKat Chunky Milk; KitKat Chunky Peanut Butter; Aero Peppermint Medium; Aero Mousse; Yorkie; Smarties; Milkybar; Toffee Crisp; ...
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product news: Strongbow urges support for Olympic team
Strongbow has launched a multi-million pound campaign as part of its sponsorship of Team GB ahead of Rio 2016. The ‘Let’s Own It’ will run across a range of media channels including TV, out of home, video on demand, radio, digital and social. Cindy Tervoort, marketing director at brand owner ...
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product news: Mars makes Sundays sweet
Mars Chocolate UK is bringing back its Sweet Sundays promotion, which offers consumers the chance to get free cinema tickets on a Sunday, for the fifth year running. Sweet Sundays is intended to capture consumer attention with a bold new pack design which will feature across a number of Mars ...
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Tobacco smuggler jailed
A lorry driver caught smuggling one-and-a-half tonnes of tobacco into the UK, evading £297,000 in excise duty, has been jailed after an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation. Iosif Neuschli, 48, of Baia Mare, Romania, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover Eastern Docks on 8 June 2016. Neuschli ...
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P&C Services takes on forecourt site
P&C Services, which provides a wide range of services to the forecourt sector, has taken on a site as a testing ground for new products and for demonstrating its range to customers. The company has taken a five-year lease on a site at Kegworth, Leicestershire, from Top 50 Indie Platinum, ...
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product news: limited edition JPS packs introduced
Imperial Tobacco is introducing limited edition packs of JPS that tell the story of the brand. Imperial Tobacco brand manager Emma Stew comments: “These fun, limited edition packs are a tip of the bowler hat to the classic heritage of JPS, with eye-catching on-pack imagery featuring red telephone boxes, motorbikes, ...
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Certas parent reports profit growth
DCC plc, the international conglomerate that owns Certas Energy, has reported that overall group operating profit for the first quarter ended 30 June 2016 was significantly ahead of the prior year and modestly ahead of expectations. It said the performance was driven by DCC Energy, which benefitted from acquisitions completed ...
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product news: Ribena takes next step in campaign
Ribena is embarking on the next phase of its national marketing drive with the launch of an interactive digital campaign aimed at its target audience. Following the Ribena’s pop up Colouring Café in Covent Garden last month, in which people came together to colour-in a giant Ribena illustration, an interactive ...
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Armed robber strikes on forecourt
Bedfordshire Police are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery on a forecourt in Luton on Sunday 10 July. At around 11.45pm a man was sitting in a car on the forecourt of the Shell filling station on Eaton Green Road when he was approached by a man with a ...
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MFG makes food services appointment
Top 50 Indies forecourt operator, Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the appointment of Jackie Ledwich as its new food services development manager. She has joined MFG from the Kout Food Group where she was responsible for rolling out the Little Chef, Subway and Burger King brands across 30 of ...
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product news: Wrigley Extra aims to shine
Wrigley’s Extra sugar-free gum is rolling out a new TV campaign this July. Julio Guijarro, marketing director for Wrigley UK, commented: “Time to Shine celebrates the potential of what can happen when you’re feeling confident, at your best and ready for life’s everyday defining moments. “The TV campaign reignites the ...
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NewsPRA gears up after Cabinet reshuffle
PRA is well placed to press its case in the wake of new appointments to head all the government departments that have most impact on fuel retailers, according to PRA chairman Brian Madderson. He said: “I’m pleased that earlier this year RMI, with PRA, appointed new political lobbyists Pepper Public ...
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product news: Stute adds waffle to line-up
Stute Foods has added a sugar waffle, served with a sachet of hazelnut chocolate spread, to its portfolio of ambient food and drink products. The range currently comprises juices, jams and perserves, with the new addition expanding its UK portfolio to include on-the-go impulse snacks for the food service and ...